Six Quantum Pieces: A First Course in Quantum Physics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789814327541)

This book is an original first approach to quantum physics, the core of modern physics. It combines the competence of a well-known researcher in quantum information science and the freshness in style of two high school students.Quantum physics is known to be challenging for two reasons: it describes counter-intuitive phenomena and employs rather advanced mathematics. The description of "traditional" quantum phenomena (the structure of atoms and molecules, the properties of solids, the zoology of sub-atomic particles) does indeed involve the whole formalism. However, some other striking phenomena, somehow the most "typically quantum" ones, can be described using only high school mathematical skills. This approach exploits this fact, thus making it possible for a beginner to tackle mind-boggling experiments like teleportation and the violation of Bell's inequalities, and practice notions like superposition, entanglement and decoherence.

Author: Valerio Scarani, Lynn Chua, Shi Yang Liu
ISBN-10: 9814327549
ISBN-13: 9789814327541
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2010
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d